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FEBRUARY 17, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 42
#StrasburgSunflowers Shines At Library BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
Depression hit artist Jeremy Miller hard during the first shutdown in 2020. As a way of coping, he focused his paintbrush on an uplifting subject: sunflowers. “Every year, I do a collection. The way I keep myself motivated as an artist is to come up with an idea and work with it all year long,” Miller explained. He had initially planned to feature pottery, with the theme of service, but 2019’s collection, “Meet Me in the Garden,” had made a lasting impression. “When I was working on that show, the flower that showed up more than any other was the sunflower. As someone with depression, the yellow just makes you happy.”
Strasburg Fire Company members (from left) Lenny Weitzel, Rick Wentz, and Mike Lockard stand next to the Tac that the company purchased in December. Funds raised by a chicken barbecue, chicken corn soup, and sub sandwich sale to be held on Feb. 27 will help pay for the new apparatus.
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Fire Company Schedules Mud Sale Alternative
“We normally make $75,000 from the mud sale, and we have to try to figure out ways to make money in different avenues,” said Isaac. All items will be available for takeout beginning at 10 a.m. Cash sales will be made on a first-come firstserved basis until all the food is sold. Chicken meals will include a half-chicken, a baked potato, a roll, coleslaw, a whoopie pie, and a beverage for one price. “We will
Artist Jeremy Miller painted “Sunflower Project #123” at Strasburg-Heisler Library.
sell gallons and quarts, and we provide the container (for the chicken corn soup),” said Isaac. Organizers have devised a drive-up system where each car will be met by a volunteer who will take the order, and then the car will move forward for the occupants to receive their order. In December 2020, the fire company purchased a new piece of equipment called a Tac, a truck-sized apparatus that seats four volunteers, boasts four-wheel-drive, can hold 300 gallons of water, and is fitted with a pump. “We got it for smaller calls,” said Amos Fisher, who is co-chairing the fundraiser with Ivan Fisher. “(The idea is) to save wear and tear on the bigger units.” Amos said the $300,000 vehicle will be used for trash fires, brush fires, and car fires, among other calls when a full-size fire truck is not necessary. “It’s a smaller version of your basic fire engine,” said Amos,
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“The fire company is not having their annual mud sale,” said Strasburg Fire Company member Isaac Fisher, who noted that the nearly 50-year tradition was canceled because the event is not advisable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Isaac is enthusiastic, however, about the alternative fundraiser the organization has planned, which will involve sales of chicken barbecue, soup, and sandwiches on the same day the mud sale would have been held. “We have done this before, and we usually sell out,” Isaac noted. On Friday, Feb. 26, the fire company will sell chicken corn soup only by takeout at the station, 203 Franklin St., Strasburg, from noon to 5 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 27, a barbecue, soup, and sandwich sale
will feature chicken barbecue meals; chicken corn soup; American sub sandwiches with ham, lettuce, tomato, and onion; and ham and cheese sandwiches on round rolls.
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